filament

Example Sentences

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So the 10-armed S. bideni shows that all cephalopods once had 10 arms, before they were reduced to filaments and ultimately lost.

From Seattle Times

Your kebab will be hacked to pieces and strewn over exceptionally long, unclumpy filaments of Pakistani sella rice that are fragrant with cloves and cinnamon.

From New York Times

Halogens, with tungsten filaments and better output, appeared in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

From New York Times

First, astronomers from the University of Waterloo published a study four years ago in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society mapping out filaments of dark matter stretching between galaxies.

From Salon

Gregory tried everywhere he could think of to find more of the shimmering filament, including retail outlets.

From Washington Post